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  • Title: Molecular mechanism for H2 release from BH3NH3, including the catalytic role of the Lewis acid BH3.
    Author: Nguyen MT, Nguyen VS, Matus MH, Gopakumar G, Dixon DA.
    Journal: J Phys Chem A; 2007 Feb 01; 111(4):679-90. PubMed ID: 17249759.
    Abstract:
    Electronic structure calculations using various methods, up to the coupled-cluster CCSD(T) level, in conjunction with the aug-cc-pVnZ basis sets with n = D, T, and Q, extrapolated to the complete basis set limit, show that the borane molecule (BH3) can act as an efficient bifunctional acid-base catalyst in the H2 elimination reactions of XHnYHn systems (X, Y = C, B, N). Such a catalyst is needed as the generation of H2 from isoelectronic ethane and borane amine compounds proceeds with an energy barrier much higher than that of the X-Y bond energy. The asymptotic energy barrier for H2 release is reduced from 36.4 kcal/mol in BH3NH3 to 6.0 kcal/mol with the presence of BH3 relative to the molecular asymptote. The NH3 molecule can also participate in a similar catalytic process but induces a smaller reduction of the energy barrier. The kinetics of these processes was analyzed by both transition-state and RRKM theory. The catalytic effect of BH3 has also been probed by an analysis of the electronic densities of the transition structures using the atom-in-molecule (AIM) and electron localization function (ELF) approaches.
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